North American economic freedom: An index of 10 Canadian provinces and 50 US states

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-452

  Karabegovic, Amela ^a   Samida, Dexter ^a   Schlegel, Chris M ^a   McMahon, Fred ^a  

^a Fraser Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic freedom; Economic growth; North America

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042074235     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-2680(03)00008-9     Document Type: Article

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